Hell hath no fury like a first lady scorned.
Jill Biden, still seething from seeing her husband sidelined by the Democratic Party, is urging President Joe Biden to “burn it all down” on his way out the door next month, according to sources who told the Daily Mail that she’s been feeling “vengeful” lately. Not content to busy herself with this year’s “tacky” Christmas decorations or goodbye parties for longtime staff members, Jill has compiled a “naughty list” that counts the Obamas and Vice President Kamala Harris, whom she has long despised, sources add. The vindictive behavior comes after top party officials openly expressed their disappointment in President Biden for pardoning his son Hunter after promising many times over the past year that he would never do so.
“Jill views Democrats on Capitol Hill, the [wider] party, the Obamas, staff inside and outside the White House, the media, and all of Washington DC with such misguided resentment that I can’t imagine she [isn’t] encouraging [Joe] to burn the whole thing down, despite his better judgment,” an insider said.
One of Jill’s top targets in the final weeks is Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the powerful former House Speaker who led an insurgent campaign to drive President Biden out of the race and install Harris during the party’s national convention. Insiders say the California lawmaker prodded Biden to drop out just hours before he made the announcement on July 21st. Despite a friendship spanning five decades, Biden has given Pelosi the silent treatment ever since, and observers believe repairing their relationship at this point is all but impossible.
President Obama, meanwhile, drew Jill’s wrath after it emerged that he encouraged actor George Clooney to write a high-profile op-ed in the New York Times demanding that Biden drop out for the good of the party. Clooney, through anonymous allies, has since lashed out at Obama for putting him in the position, with friends saying he has received sharp criticism following the election.
Since the election, interactions between Harris, Jill, and President Biden have been equally stilted. The two women virtually ignored one another while seated side-by-side at a Veterans Day ceremony, and earlier this month, President Biden and his wife virtually ignored Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff at the annual Kennedy Awards ceremony. Attendees noted that Pelosi was seated far away from the president that night.
